HILO, Hawaii Hawaii state officials have returned applications for two new geothermal wells in order for the utility to make revisions.
HILO, Hawaii — Hawaii state officials have returned applications for two new geothermal wells in order for the utility to make revisions.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Monday that the state Department of Land and Natural Resources has commented on the applications submitted by Puna Geothermal Venture in April.
A PGV spokesman says the company’s response to the agency should be provided within a week.
The applications are part of the company’s attempt to resume operations after last year’s Kilauea volcanic eruption, which shut down the 38-megawatt geothermal power plant in Puna on the Big Island.
PGV and Hawaii Electric Light Company officials say the state’s only geothermal plant produced 31% of the island’s power and about half of its renewable energy in 2017.
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Information from: Hawaii Tribune-Herald, http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/
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Maybe the company should be mailing out “fat envelopes” to these law makers in order to speed up the application process. It always seem to work with the Water Commission.